1. Android Debug Bridge (adb) Chien-Chung Shen CIS, UD cshen@cis.udel.edu

2. Introduction to adb Located in /platform-tools A versatile command line tool using client-server paradigm of 3 components –Client on development machine: invoke a client from shell by running adb command –Server on development machine –adb daemon on emulator or device When starting an adb client, check whether a server is running. If not, starts one which binds itself to local TCP port 5037 Server sets up connections to all emulator/device instances by scanning odd-numbered ports in [5555,5585] –Even-numbered port – console connection –Odd-numbered port – adb connection More at http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html

3. Some Useful adb Commands adb push/pull adb shell Remote shell - adb shell –SharedPreferences files are stored in /data/data/ /shared_prefs –e.g., root@android:/data/data/com.deitel.favoritetwittersearches/shared_pr efs